Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man Quizzes

Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?
1965

1970

1975

1980
2 Who is the author of the novel?
Rabindranath Tagore

R.K. Narayan

Amitav Ghosh

U. R. Ananthamurthy
3 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Garuda

Naranappa

Praneshacharya

Chandri
4 What happens at the beginning of the novel?
Chandri falls in love with Praneshacharya

Naranappa dies

Belli's parents die

Garuda attacks Lakshmana
5 Where is the novel set?
Bombay

New Dehli

Durvasapura

Calcutta
6 What is the highest caste in Hinduism?
Shudras

Brahmin

Vaishyas

Kshatriyas
7 What was the novel adapted into?
A play

A video game

An opera

A film
8 What does the community fall into discord over?
Garuda's inheritance

Naranappa's funeral rites

Chandri's jewelry

Shripati's parentage
9 Who is feuding with Lakshmana?
Belli

Dasacharya

Garuda

Praneshacharya
10 What are people not allowed to do until Naranappa's body has been cremated?
Sing

Dance

Go for a walk

Eat a meal
11 What does Chandri offer as payment for the funeral rites?
Cash

Her hand in marriage

Fine silk

Her jewelry
12 Who is the spiritual leader of the community?
Naranappa

Garuda

Dasacharya

Praneshacharya
13 Which of the following things was Naranappa NOT criticized for?
Marrying another Brahmin

Eating meat

Fishing in the temple pond

Drinking alcohol
14 Who did Naranappa leave his wife for?
Padmatavi

Chandri

It is unknown

Belli
15 What religion is the caste system associated with?
Hinduism

Islam

Judaism

Christianity
16 When did the caste system begin to fall out of favor?
The 2010s

The 1990s

The 2000s

The 1950s
17 What film movement did the film adaptation of Samskara start?
Parallel Cinema

Poetic Realism

New Wave Cinema

The New Hollywood Movement
18 What is the genre of the book?
High fantasy

Religious fiction

Naturalist fiction

Science fiction
19 Who directed the film adaptation of the book?
Barry Jenkins

Pattabhirama Reddy

Wes Anderson

Martin Scorsese
20 What is the name of Praneshacharya's wife?
Belli

Padmatavi

Chandri

Bhagirathi
21 What was Praneshacharya's last conversation with Naranappa like?
Warm and friendly

Bittersweet

Heated and unpleasant

Formal
22 Who continually asks about being able to eat?
Garuda

Lakshmana

Belli

Dasacharya
23 Who is Shripati sleeping with?
Belli

Garuda

Padmatavi

Putta
24 What country does the novel take place in?
Bangladesh

Yemen

Israel

India
25 How does Naranappa treat Brahmin customs before he dies?
Disrespectfully

Indifferently

Honorably

Acceptably

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